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Yahoo NBA DFS Lineup of the Day: Jordan Poole, Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic (11/3)

Yahoo NBA DFS Lineup of the Day: Jordan Poole, Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic (11/3)

Building the best DFS lineups for Cash and GPP contests is all about identifying the best ways to utilize your available budget by comparing projections to prices. Luckily, FantasyPros offers a complete suite of DFS tools, including DFS Cheat Sheets, a DFS Lineup Optimizer, and more. Below is today’s Yahoo DFS Optimal Lineup using the FantasyPros DFS Lineup Optimizer tool. This is the current lineup of the day. For updated lineups based on adjusted projections throughout the… Source link

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Markieff Morris returns to Heat, 4 months after Nikola Jokic hit

Markieff Morris returns to Heat, 4 months after Nikola Jokic hit

Markieff Morris has returned from what has somehow become one of the NBA’s most controversial injuries. The Miami Heat forward appeared in his first game since Nov. 8 on Saturday, playing 17 minutes and recording six points. He played several minutes down the stretch in a close fourth quarter, with the Heat eventually losing 113-104 to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It had been a long wait for Morris, who sustained whiplash from a run-in with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. The injury… Source link

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Nikola Jokic ejected for Cameron Payne hit

Nikola Jokic ejected for Cameron Payne hit

Even in a sweep, Nikola Jokic‘s MVP season ended earlier than expected. With his team down 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals, the Denver Nuggets star was ejected from Game 4 for a flagrant 2 foul. Jokic received the foul for a hard blow to the face of Suns guard Cameron Payne, which was deemed to have “wind-up, impact and follow-through.” It would prove to be Jokic’s final play of the season: NBA replay center head Jason Phillips told the TNT broadcast that Jokic’s hit met the criteria… Source link

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Jokic, Nuggets hold off Curry, Warriors for 114-104 win

Jokic, Nuggets hold off Curry, Warriors for 114-104 win

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to help Denver overcome Stephen Curry‘s sharp shooting as the Nuggets held off the Golden State Warriors 114-104 on Thursday night. Jokic also had 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 46th career triple-double. The big man entered averaging a triple-double and leading the NBA in assists. ”I think he’d definitely be in the MVP conversation, which is entirely too early to talk about,” Denver coach Michael Malone said…. Source link

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Nikola Jokic to join Nuggets in Orlando soon

Nikola Jokic to join Nuggets in Orlando soon

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Denver Nuggets expect All-Star center Nikola Jokic to arrive in Orlando from his native Serbia to join the team for the NBA restart in the next couple of days, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Jokic tested positive for COVID-19 in June, but has since tested negative consecutively and is cleared to enter the campus at Walt Disney World. Earlier in the week, the 7-footer had complications with travel and wasn’t able to make it to Denver to depart with his… Source link

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